In 2002, Forty Percent of the Students at a Major

question 59

Essay

In 2002, forty percent of the students at a major university were Business majors, 35% were Engineering majors and the rest of the students were majoring in other fields. In a sample of 600 students from the same university taken in 2003, two hundred were Business majors, 220 were Engineering majors and the remaining students in the sample were majoring in other fields. At 95% confidence, test to see if there has been a significant change in the proportions between 2002 and 2003.

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